New Iron Duke range

[AndyG]

There is an announcement on the Iron Duke Facebook page that there will be a new Trans Orange River range coming out in the summer sculpted by Paul Hicks, so it looks like 1850s South Africa in the steps of the Perrys rather than the Sikh Wars, even though the pictures of the dollies and equipment they put up a few weeks ago looked like it was for either 1st Afghan war or Sikh wars. Maybe we will get both this year?

No teasers of the figures

[bazookajoe]

That should be very interesting.  Possibly Boers, Basotho, maybe British for the Battle of Berea, etc  I look forward to it.

[Diablo Jon]

ooohh if they do Basotho I might finally have miniatures I can convert/proxy for Sebitwane and his Makololo.

[sjwalker51]

Mike’s posted some additional comments on the scope of the range:

Basotho and Barolong; Basotho fought mounted by the time of the Sovereignty. They were obliged to fight the Barolong, Bergenaars/Griquas etc, loyalist settlers (British and Dutch), republican Boers, the British and finally the Orange Free State all within a few years.

Think also Sir Harry Smith v Pretorius at Boomplaats and 'Major Warden's War'. (1851) He was the British resident in Bloemfontein and started a war he couldn't finish with Moshoeshoe, (Moshesh contemporaneously), paramount chief of the Basotho. Battle of Viervoet.

Battle of Zwartkoppies (1845). 7th Dragoon Guards and redcoat infantry versus republican boer settlers (1845).

Battle of Berea (20 Dec 1852). General Cathcart (Governor of the Cape) v Moshoshoe's Basotho. 6000 African cavalry (more than Ney threw in at Waterloo!) against about 1,200 Brits, subdivided into three small columns (because that always works!).

[marco55]

 

[WillieB]

And if that is not enough...
Look at the new GAPS range from Iron Duke.
 Gwalior, Afghanistan, Punjan and Scinde.

https://www.facebook.com/Iron-Duke-Miniatures-1573611626234825

[Rogerc]

Very excited by the GAPS range I have to say,

[Atheling]

Too long to quote oh here but here;s a link to the Iron Duke FB page that might have some salivating.....

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2564313193831325&id=1573611626234825&__tn__=K-R

[Rogerc]

Yes I am definately salivating even if my wallett is groaning.